Lighted-cigar holder.



0. W. HUMPHREYSJ LIGHTED CIGAR-HOLDER.

APPLIOAT'ION run my a, 1910.

Patented Jan 24,1911.

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APPLIGATIOH FILED MAY 6, 1910.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

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CHARLES \VM. HUMPHREYS, OF NEW- YORK, N. Y.

LIGHTED-CIGAR HOLDER.

' Application filed May 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crninnns IV. HUM- PHREYS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lighted-Cigar Holders, of which'the following is a specification.

This invention relates to containers and more particularly to pocket containers, and has for its object to provide a pocket container, which may be used to hold a lighted cigar, or a cigar partly smoked, so that it will not injure the clothes of the user. A principal object is to provide a container which will be air tight so that the offensive odor of an extinguished cigar will be confined.

Another object is to provide a structure so arranged that the heat from the burning end of the cigar, will not be communicated to the outer portions of the container.

Other objects and advantages will be ap parent from the following description, and it will be understood that changes in the specific structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like characters indicate similar parts of the several views, Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of a vest in the pocket of which the present container is disposed, Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the container, Fig. 3 is a front end View, Fig. a is a transverse section through the forward end -of the device on the line 44 of Fig. 2, and, Fi 5 is a perspective view showing the interior of the forward end of the device and the arrangement of the insulating and clamping element. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 7 is a detail of the clip mountin Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a hollow casing 5 including a lower section 6 and upper section 7 these two sections being hinged together along corresponding longitudinal edges, as shown at 8.

The lower section 6 has a longitudinal stiffening rib 9 along its edge opposite to the hinges 8, and the upper section 7 has a spring clip 10 formed integrally therewith and arranged to clamp over the rib 9 to hold the two sections in closed position.

Each of the sections includes a central Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 24, 1911.

1910. Serial No. 559,682.

1 portion which is arcuale in cross section as shown at 11, and from the sides of which there extend flared portions 12, so that when the casing is closed, the chamber therewithin has a central portion extending longitudinally, which is substantially cylindrical which has at opposite sides a generally triangular laterally extending hollow rib, these extended ribs being formed by the flared portions 12.

At the forward end A of the casing, the latter is rounded, while at the rear end B it is pointed to conform to the general shape of the cigar.

Within the forward portions of the section (5, there is an insulating and clamping member 1 1 which consists of an arcuate plate of metal 15 corrugated longitudinally of the casing, and disposed in the curved portion 11 01' the lower section.

At the side of the casing adjacent to the hinges 8, the plate of'nietal 15 is extended over the portion 12 of the lower section, and is then turned upwardly and curved in wardly again to form a spring clip extending up into the section 7, the clip being indicated at 16 and being located at the rearward portion of the plate 15 and terminating short of the forward end of the plate, as shown in Fig. 5.

At the side of the section (3, opposite to the hinges S, the plate 15 has the flange 17 extending over the adjacent portion 12, of the section (5 and secured thereto by means of rivets 18, as shown.

In use, as will be seen from the drawing, the container is opened and a cigar is disposed in the section 6, it being engaged beneath the clip 16 and resting with its lighted end upon the corrugated plate 15. The clip 16 is spaced from the section 7, as shown, so that no heat from the cigar is communicated to this section, and, by reason of the corrugation of the plate 15 the trans mission of heat from the cigar to the section 6 is reduced to a minimum.

hat is claimed is:

1. A cigar container comprising a casing including two sections movable into and out of closed position, a plate disposed in one of the sections and arranged to receive the lighted end of a cigar thereupon, and a spring clip carried by the plate and arranged to engage a cigar disposed within the casing.

2. A cigar container comprising a casing including two hinged sections, a corrugated plate disposed in one of the sections and arranged to receive the lighted end of a cigar thereupon, and a spring clip carried by the plate and arranged to engage a cigar disposed Within the casing.

23. A cigar container comprising a casing including two sections movable into and out of closed position, a plate disposed in one of the sections and arranged to receive the lighted end of a cigar thereagainst, and a spring clip arranged to engage a cigar disposed Within the casing.

4. A cigar container comprising an elongated casing provided With oppositely disposed longitudinal ribs, a plate having lateral flanges secured within the ribs of the casing, said plate being arranged for the reception of the lighted end of a cigar thereupon, and a spring clip carried by the plate and arranged for engagement of a cigar disposed upon the plate. I In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES M. HUMPHREYS. lVitnesses FRANK E. HUMPHREYS, ANNA L. HUMPHREYS. 

